Be My Valentine

As I've been lovingly going through boxes at my mom's house,

I've come across so many vintage cards, notes and pictures-

My grandmother lived with my family for 30+ years

so many of the items belonged to her as well-

She was so in love with my grandfather-

even after he passed away 20, 30, 35 years later,

she would speak of him with such love-

they were truly sweethearts

(my Nannie and Pop Pop) 

As I was going through these things,

I happened upon an accordion file filled to the brim with

greeting cards-

The cards themselves are so special-

what is it they say about things made long ago,

craftsmanship is key-

The cards are mostly small in size, but the fronts have layers of pictures and paper on them-  They are thicker than the cards nowadays

As you can see, each is dated,

going back to 1927 all the way up to 1972,

the year he passed away.

I even found notes he sent to my mom and

a letter she wrote to him when she was 8 years old- so sweet-

I love how these cards were signed and

the symbol "Kiss/love", on the card above

was also on most of them too!

Although I've gone through 1000's of cards

that my mom and nannie saved,

these are so especially sentimental for me-

(Pop as a young ballplayer, around the time he met Nannie)

(My mom with my grandmother)

(Pop-pop)

Wonderful memories to last a lifetime

Take care, gotta fly-